If you were to download an hour and a half movie at its lowest setting, it's the file size is around 500MB (half of a gigabyte), but if you download it at its highest quality, the file size can be well over 2GB. You don't need one, but I'd say it's necessary if you plan on downloading anything, especially video. 3DMark Ice Storm (Unlimited)Įxpandable up to 128GB James Martin/CNET Do I need a memory card to use it? Gameplay is mostly smooth, though it's common to see choppy graphics, which already look pretty rough on the SD screen. Bigger games like Dead Trigger 2 and Hearthstone take anywhere from 15 to 45 seconds to load. They can take a few seconds to launch if a big file is downloading or if many apps are open in the background. Simple mobile games - like Cut The Rope and Angry Birds - run smoothly. Highs sound tinny at loud volumes and it lacks bass. The speaker is loud enough for single viewer watching, but quality is poor. There's a headphone jack located on the top edge and a single speaker on the bottom right. The top edge of the tablet can also get a little warm after using it for a long time, but not so warm that it becomes uncomfortable. This happened randomly then went back to normal. I had to increase the pressure (which felt more like pressing a button than pecking at a touchscreen) before it would recognize the gestures. Occasionally, the screen had difficulty responding to taps. Games and apps will take longer to launch and tap response is delayed. If many apps are open in the background, performance can get sluggish. Another time, I downloaded a game and watched the download complete and install, but when I tried to open it I was redirected to the game's download page in the app store and had to download it again. When I was browsing the Prime library, a few menu pages of video content wouldn't load. I didn't encounter as many performance quirks as I was expecting. As with the Fire HD 8, download times were also on the slow side. To be sure, everything from apps to videos take at least a handful of seconds to load, especially if they're bigger file. James Martin/CNET Is it unbelievably slow? We've never seen tablet at this price that was worth recommending. The review answers the important questions by focusing on what the Fire has to offer, if it's worth buying and, if so, for whom. Since it's a tablet with specs so dated we haven't reviewed a comparable model in over two years, it's an exception to the rule. Just like the Fire, this review is simplified to the bare essentials. At a price this low, you can buy six of them for less than the cost of one Apple iPad Mini 2 - you pay for five and Amazon throws in the sixth for free. For an undiscerning user, the Fire is simply an inexpensive device for watching video, reading, light gaming, browsing the Web and, of course, shopping the Amazon store. In fact, it's a great option for those who don't care much about technology at all. (Amazon doesn't typically sell hardware in Australia, but the US price converts to about AU$70.) It's an unremarkable-looking tablet that runs Amazon's custom Fire OS 5 Bellini operating system, which is based on Android but can't natively access the Google Play store, and offers easy access to Amazon's vast media library.Īt its low price, the Fire is an attractive option for frugal customers who don't care about the latest and greatest technology. The Amazon Fire is special for one reason: it costs $50 or £50.
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